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 >> RUBY_VERSION
 => "1.9.0" 
 >> sounds = {:ka_ching => :money, "br_rr_ring" => :phone, 
 "phil_l_lip" => :nose}
 => {"br_rr_ring"=>:phone, "phil_l_lip"=>:nose, :ka_ching=>:money}
 >> sounds["ka_ching"] = :cash
 => :cash
 >> sounds
 => {"br_rr_ring"=>:phone, "phil_l_lip"=>:nose, :ka_ching=>:cash}
 >> sounds[:'br_rr_ring']
 => :phone
 >> :symbol.is_a? String
 => true

Goodbye, HashWithIndifferentAccess. I feel toward you the same you feel toward your lookups.

 >> :symbol.gsub(/sym/, 'muta')
 => :mutabol